HONG KONG, October 20 -- Leung does not identify countries allegedly behind pro-democracy protests, as political crisis shows no sign of abating.

Hong Kong’s leader has said that the "external forces" have been involved in pro-democracy protests which have been going on in the country for more than three weeks. In the past week, Hong Kong police have repeatedly clashed with protesters, who are demanding fully democratic elections for the city. "There is obviously participation by people, organisations from outside of Hong Kong, in politics in Hong Kong, over a long time," Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong's chief executive, said during a TV interview on Sunday. Leung refused to reveal which countries were behind the alleged interference. He also said that the movement is now "out of control even for people who started it, for people who planned it, for people who scripted it". Dozens of people, including 22 police officers, were reportedly injured in two nights of clashes that began late on Friday in the densely populated Mong Kok district. Four people were arrested early on Sunday, police said. The area was calm early on Monday, although scores of protesters remained on the streets. Hopes of easing the worst political crisis in Hong Kong since the UK handed the colony back to China in 1997 rest on talks scheduled for Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders that will be broadcast live. The demonstrators first took to the streets in late September in opposition to the Chinese central government's decision to screen candidates running in the territory's first direct elections, due to be held in 2017.

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